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Entrepreneurs as saviours of socialism? The complicated relationship between East German state socialism and entrepreneurship

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The economic policy agenda of the SED has often been described as extremely orthodox in nature and—with the exception of a short period in the 1960s—hostile to reform. It is often overlooked that the GDR entertained the largest private sector of any of the CMEA economies up till the early 1980s. Besides the official propaganda, the SED leadership at no point abolished private entrepreneurship completely in the GDR. In this article, I analyze the ambiguous relationship between the state party and private entrepreneurship. I focus particularly on the late 1980s and the role private entrepreneurs were supposed to play in reforming and saving socialism in East Germany.

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  • Max Trecker, 2023. "Entrepreneurs as saviours of socialism? The complicated relationship between East German state socialism and entrepreneurship," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 65(7), pages 1209-1225, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:65:y:2023:i:7:p:1209-1225
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2020.1781818
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